Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male

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. He represented Turkey at the

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. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the

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European all-around champion. Born Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, he changed his name to Abdelrahman Elgamal when he moved to Turkey and competed under that name at a 2020 European Championship. In 2021, he changed it again to Adem Asil, as a response to the condition of changing a foreign name into Turkish, to obtain

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Personal life

Abdelrahman Elzamzamy was born in

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, Egypt on 21 February 1999 to a middle-class Egyptian family.

Gymnastics career

Representing Egypt

2017

A member of the Egyptian national team, Elzamzamy took part in the Paris Challenge Cup in France and the Varna Challenge Cup in Bulgaria. He later competed at the

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where he finished 37th in the all-around during qualification and did not advance to any event finals.

Representing Turkey

2018–2020

Shortly after the 2017 World Championships, Elzamzamy's coach announced that he was moving to Turkey and invited Elzamzamy to showcase himself in front of the Turkish national coaches. They were impressed with "his work ethic, his evident strength, and his unshakable belief in himself" and invited him to train with the Turkish national team. Elzamzamy moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt while continuing training gymnastics in Turkey. After becoming a naturalized citizen in 2019 the

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approved his request for nationality change; however it wouldn't take effect until 2020. Elgamal competed for Turkey the first time at the 2020 Baku World Cup. He later was chosen to represent Turkey at the 2020 European Championships in

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. He helped Turkey win silver in the team event. Additionally he finished fourth on rings and horizontal bar.

2021

Elgamal began competing under the name Adem Asil in 2021. At the

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Asil finished fifth in the all-around during qualifications and therefore earned an individual Olympic berth to compete at the postponed

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. He suffered an injury during the all-around final and did not finish. However he competed during the horizontal bar final and won the bronze medal behind

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and Andy Toba. Asil next competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup, picking up three medals at the former. At the

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Asil qualified to the all-around, rings, and vault finals. He finished fifteenth in the all-around, seventh on rings, and sixth on vault. Asil finished the year competing at the

where he finished eleventh in the all-around.

2022

Asil started the year competing at the

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in Cottbus, Baku, and Osijek. He competed at the

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where he helped Turkey win gold in the team event. Individually Asil won gold in the all-around and on vault, silver on rings and horizontal bar behind İbrahim Çolak and

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respectively, and bronze on floor exercise.

Asil next competed at the

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where he helped Turkey once again win gold in the team event. Individually he won gold in the all-around and on rings, silver on vault, and bronze on floor exercise. In August Asil competed at the

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. On the first day of competition Asil won bronze in the all-around behind

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and compatriot Ahmet Önder. He helped Turkey win bronze in the team event and individually he won silver on rings behind

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. In September Asil competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He won gold on both vault and rings. At the

Asil helped Turkey finish eleventh during qualifications – their highest placement in history. Individually Asil won gold on rings, earning Turkey's second gold medal on the event after İbrahim Çolak in

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2023

Asil competed at the 2023 European Championships where he helped Turkey finish second as a team. Individually he won gold in the all-around, becoming the first Turkish gymnast to achieve the feat. During apparatus finals he won gold on rings and placed fifth on vault. Asil next competed at the

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where he helped the Turkish team finish ninth. Individually he won bronze on rings behind

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and

Zou Jingyuan Zou Jingyuan ( zh, s=邹敬园 , t=邹敬园 , p=Zōu Jìngyuán, born 3 January 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes in parallel bars and rings. He is a two-time Olympic champion on parallel bars, winning gold at the 2020 and 2 ...

and placed fifth on vault. At the 2023 World Championships Asil helped Turkey finish tenth as a team during qualifications. Although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games for the first time.

2024

Asil competed at the 2024 European Championships where he won bronze on rings behind

and Nikita Simonov. He was named to the team to compete at the

alongside

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, İbrahim Çolak, Emre Dodanlı, and Ahmet Önder; they finished ninth during qualifications. Individually Asil qualified to the rings final where he finished fifth.

2025

Asil competed at the Osijek World Cup and the Varna World Challenge Cup where he won gold on rings at both and won silver on horizontal bar at the latter. At the 2025 European Championships Asil qualified to the all-around, rings, and horizontal bar finals. Additionally he qualified to the inaugural mixed team event alongside compatriot Nazlı Savranbaşı; they finished 16th overall. The following day Asil won his second European all-around title, finishing ahead of Léo Saladino and Krisztofer Mészáros.

Competitive history

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